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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1884
Page
8
A Topeka political debate questions Kansas losses from Donnell Lawson & Simpson failures. The commentator argues the firm’s half million bond is ineffective as bondsmen, notes the governor’s role, and discusses tariff revenue politics and potential Democratic nominees including Tilden Payne and Arthur.
The Kansas delegation led by Peck Merritt and Hallowell has booked Palmer House rooms in Chicago for the state Republican convention. Travel is via Rock Island from Kansas City with tickets valid May 31 to close of the convention. Round trip price, excluding sleepers, is 19.35 dollars. Eighteen delegates and an equal number of alternates have berths reserved. They depart Kansas City on the 31st and reach Chicago at 2 30 p.m. the following day.
In Ithaca New York on the eighteenth a Grant’s Fund of Honor subscription drives a town effort to raise one dollar from every resident for General Grant. The note mocks poverty and urges selling prized items to fund the cause while lampooning the notion of generosity.
Cyrus Lt. McCormick head of the great harvester company and a wealthy Chicago figure died in the city on the 13th aged 75. A District Court case featured Miss Slough, a young aspiring lawyer, defending a woman in a larceny trial amid a crowded court. Her eloquent appeal earned praise from Prosecutor Fenlon and judges Lecompte and Ide.
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